Lesbian FDH convicted of sexually assaulting boy

A District Court judge this afternoon found guilty a Filipino domestic helper accused of sexually assaulting her eight-year-old ward in 2011.

In a 27-page verdict, Judge Johnny Chan convicted the Filipino woman, a lesbian, on all the three charges of indecent assault filed against her.

“On the evidence before me, I am satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that all the elements of the offence in relation to Charges 1 to 3 are proved against the defendant,” Judge Chan said.

“For the reasons given, I find the defendant guilty of charges 1 to 3,” he added.

The judge dismissed the defendant’s claim that she could not have assaulted the boy because she was a lesbian and was not attracted to males.

“In my judgement, the sexual orientation of the defendant does not preclude her from committing the three offences and the uncharged acts in question,” Judge Chan said.

The first indecent assault happened between July 1, 2011 and August 31, 2011, the judge said.

He said the defendant took the boy into her room and told him to lie on the bed.

The defendant then took his pants nad then hers before “molesting” the boy’s penis with one of her hands, the judge said.

She then leaned over the boy, positioned her vagina against his penis “and caused a penetration of (the boy’s) penis into her vagina,” he added.

The indecent assault was repeated twice. The boy reported the matter to his parents only last year after he studied sex education in school.

Judge Chan disputed the claim of the defendant’s lawyer that it was “anatomically impossible” for the indecent assaults to have happened if the boy’s description of what occurred were to be believed.

The judge also said the boy must have been “confused” when he said that his penis was soft when he was assaulted.

“In my judgement, a young boy like (the complainant) who was put in fear when he experienced a sexual assault could easily get confused about the condition of his penis,” Judge Chan said.

“I accept the evidence of the (complainant) that he inserted his penis into the vagina of the defendant when the defendant leaned forward and positioned her vagina against (his) penis,” the judge said.

“It follows from my findings of insertion that (the boy’s) penis must have been in a state of erection. In my judgement, the state of erection was achieved after the defendant had molested (the boy’s ) penis for a few minutes,” he added.

Judge Chan set the defendant’s sentencing on March 11. He also ordered a psychological report about the defendant and a victim’s impact assessment report to determine how the assaults affected the boy.